Getting the DoC to care

Embarrass them into action via the media - the upcoming world cup should aid that.

Otherwise - withhold their donuts.
 
just keep waking them up during their naps.bunch of old lazy farts,
 
hmmm... that's like getting the Govt to care about the people and not the cash cows they're milking. :rolleyes:
 
Well its hard to compete vs the gov. We need the unions to see the light before any action will be taken. The gov seems to respond faster to them.
 
The only thing the DoC care about is the money they get from their share in Telkom.
 
krycor said:
Well its hard to compete vs the gov. We need the unions to see the light before any action will be taken. The gov seems to respond faster to them.
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Lets start our own union!! :) Broadband Power Users Union or something. We wont work unless things are sorted out
 
Lobbing will never work in SA. It's a simple fact that Gov supporters are loyal beyond reason :(. Bulgaria doesn't have our past to concern themselves with.
 
Yeah! We could have a march, and start toy-toying. maybe then we will get somewhere.
 
Folks there's something simple we can do: Every time you get a Telkom bill make two copies. Highlight the ridiculous amounts we have to pay for calls and send one copy to the DoC and one copy to the office of the president. It'll cost you two stamps a month.
 
To say the DoC only cares about its share in the profits of Telkom misses the point entirely. That money doesn't go to the DoC, it goes to the natiional treasury, and without it our tax burdon would be higher. Basically, we, as nation, own and benfit from that Telkom share, not the DoC. (Of course, the national cost as a result of Telkom's monopoly far outwieghs any benefits.)

The article makes a good point, though. Politicians are generally quite desperate to please and measure their success by the volume of complaints received, either directly or as negative publicity in the press.

A vacuum is the benchmark of DoC success. And a vacuum is what they have right now with ICASA and Telkom taking virtually all the heat. Turning the screws on the DoC could well see ICASA bare some teeth and help bring Telkom into line.

When ADSL users send thir compliants to ICASA for Telkom's non-compliance with the ADSL regulations, they need to copy the DoC.
 
Influencing the government requires that those in power have some prospect of being out of power if they don't do something. The only way to do that would be mobilise the masses to vote against the ANC. Given their blind loyalty so far that's an unlikely prospect.
 
If my memory serves me correct, I can recall our honourable president saying that it is the peoples right to march to show their dissatisfaction. So I would definitely suggest a march to the DoC offices to hand over a memorandum. But then again most of the members of MyADSL are peace loving computer addicts that would rather use their cheque books to make a difference. So head over to http://www.tectonic.co.za/tag.php and make a difference.
 
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Skip said:
Folks there's something simple we can do: Every time you get a Telkom bill make two copies. Highlight the ridiculous amounts we have to pay for calls and send one copy to the DoC and one copy to the office of the president. It'll cost you two stamps a month.
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Ha! I rather like that idea!
 
'The personal, as everyone's so ****ing fond of saying, is political. So if some idiot politician, some power player, tries to execute policies that harm you or those you care about, take it personally. Get angry. The Machinery of Justice will not serve you here - it is slow and cold, and it is theirs. Only the little people suffer at the hands of Justice; the creatures of power slide out from under with a wink and a grin. If you want justice, you will have to claw it from them. Make it personal. Do as much damage as you can. Get your message across. That way you stand a far better chance of being taken seriously next time. Of being considered dangerous. And make no mistake about this: being taken seriously, being considered dangerous, marks the difference - the only difference in their eyes- between players and little people. Players they will make deals with. Little people they liquidate. And time and again they cream your liquidation, your displacement, your torture and brutal execution with the ultimate insult that it's just business, it's politics, it's the way of the world, it's a tough life, and that it's nothing personal. Well, **** them. Make it personal.'

Quellcrist Falconer, Things You Should Have Learned by Now.

--- For a fictional character she has a good point.
 
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